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    NOTICES OF BOOKS. 341

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    of 1861 when , _tlae King was absent at a bath , in Germany . No less than , 200 new questions of law were then decided ; some of

    great importance for the future . The Queen , too , has great ability for workgreat energyand compels the ministers to work

    in good earnest , . Herself the , first in the council chamber , she says to each one who enters merely a minute after the fixed time ,

    tio pointing nher to the clock her good , ' Sir sense , you her are love too late of that to-day which ! ' is Her right resolu , and

    her , patriotism energy , , combined with , her pure character and exemplary life as a wife and ruler of a household , -would make her the

    model of a Q , ueen and governor , were she bat always faithful to her best inspirations . But how difficult on a throne to listen to

    * the inner voice . ' The author continues : — lias ' said Goodness and t is hat also is proved a power in on the earth case , ' of our King great Otlio and . excellent In the midst Geijer of

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    the gaining increasing sufficient acrimony head of to the organiz opposition e an and open paper rebellion warfare . In , yet the has midst Greece of , [ ever But for since how his long accession will it to be the so ? throne ... Thoug , restless htful as and she trul is , y enjoyed loyal Greek peace s . . the ld

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    possible examle to is govern in fact th the emselves onlsa . fe This and , reliab together le mode of government power in good constitutionall p , y , organized , states y . One of the unjustifiable lace himself demands at the made head

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    provinces riseand , — say make in Thessaly , Albania , , with Macedoni Greece a , Syri and a , then and on the the whole islands of — Greece should

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    which come before he most it assuredl can , be y accomp is not— lished yet he . can Even now if do King nothing Otho , were fettered the as man he — is decided interdict of the

    both such Great that , a b Powers y thing the the realization is inability against therefore anything of of the to little wish great Greece of an idea this impossibility , and nature must by be being the . If undertaken the lished Greeks by . could labouring To wish but

    see say for , the . ' Greece moral and deserve social s improvement to be a great of free kingdom Greece accomp '— , of a so work that the which than worl can during d may be

    the accomp tumult lished of much war ! . better . . Most under certainl the protection Greece has a great peace future before her . None of the shadows which gloom y its present life can shake my faith

    which culture on this it , and head seeks , see and in that its that it attachment because is to that I to b which elieve the free Greece in nations the will future of devote Europe of the itself . Christian For —that this

    the diary begun also Gr it . . e has Let ek I s have a me as civilizing , a alread now nation y briefl shown mission ; and y touch this which , as more upon reg poin ards than t some them the once qual East out in ities , the as which being which progress has cultivators belong alread of this to y essentiallto their

    paternal in the realm inheritance of humanity . For peop . These le may qualities say and write belong as much as y they like

    Notices Of Books. 341

    NOTICES OF BOOKS . 341

• Citation
  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1863, page 341, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011863/page/53/